# Create merchant platform

`POST /merchant-platforms`

Use this method to board a merchant with Payroc.  

**Note**: This method is part of our Boarding solution. To help you understand how this method works with other Boarding methods, go to [Board a Merchant](https://docs.payroc.com/guides/board-merchants/boarding).  

In the request, include the following information:  
- Legal information, including its legal name and address.  
- Contact information, including the email address for the business.  
- Processing account information, including the pricing model, owners, and contacts for the processing account.  

When you send a successful request, we review the merchant's information. After we complete our review and approve the merchant, we assign:  
- **merchantPlatformId** - Unique identifier for the merchant platform.  
- **processingAccountId** - Unique identifier for each processing account linked to the merchant platform.  

You need to keep these to perform follow-on actions, for example, you need the processingAccountId to [order terminals](https://docs.payroc.com/api/schema/boarding/processing-accounts/create-terminal-order) for the processing account.